If you plan on majoring in journalism, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #69 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the best for journalism students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 54 degrees in journalism to qualified students.
The journalism school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Journalism Schools in Louisiana.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the journalism degrees they offer, see the list below.
Loyola University New Orleans is a good option for students pursuing a degree in journalism. Loyola New Orleans is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of New Orleans.
Journalism degree recipients from Loyola University New Orleans get an earnings boost of about $4,884 above the average income of journalism majors.
Every student pursuing a degree in journalism needs to check out Louisiana Tech University. Louisiana Tech is a fairly large public university located in the town of Ruston.
Students who receive their degree from the journalism program make around $21,071 for their early career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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